Street Scene (1931)

Street Scene (1931) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by King Vidor and produced by Samuel Goldwyn.

SECOND TIME ROUND: Street Scene (1931)

SECOND TIME ROUND: Street Scene (1931) On July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from rogersmovienation.com I first saw Street Scene (1931, dir. King Vidor) about ten years and, as its inclusion in the Second Time Round series would indicate, I did... Read full article

Street Scene (1931): King Vidor and Sylvia Sidney

Film at its finest is able to use images to leave an indelible impression on an audience. King Vidor’s Street Scene opens with a telling montage. Kids being sprayed by a hose in a street. A slab of ice being carried off by a worker. A man swatting gnats away from his horse. A dog sprawled out ... Read full article

Street Scene (1931)

While New York City is in the grips of a heat wave, the residents of one building beat the heat by sitting on the building’s stoop and catching up on gossip.? Emma Jones (Beulah Bondi), the building’s resident busybody, is only too happy to make sure everyone knows what Anna Murant (Este... Read full article

"Street Scene," or Slum Like It Hot

The 1931 film "Street Scene" opens with Alfred Newman's theme music -- music that is so evocative of a city that it was being used as "New York Music" in 20th Century-Fox films twenty years later. And unlike many film scores of the time, it has a sophisticated orchestration -- you hear it and you ex... Read full article

"Street Scene," or Slum Like It Hot

The 1931 film "Street Scene" opens with Alfred Newman's theme music -- music that is so evocative of a city that it was being used as "New York Music" in 20th Century-Fox films twenty years later. And unlike many film scores of the time, it has a sophisticated orchestration -- you hear it and you ex... Read full article